Time for us to save billions of dollars a year, and have, at the same time, far greater safety and control. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. What do you think the chances are of reaching an agreement before the deadline . John you know, there is a famous saying, slim to none and slim just left town. I dont know if it is that bad, it certainly is looking like the two sides are very far apart. The president says he needs to spend billions on a wall, it will save billions in the longrun, the democrats are saying we could save you billions by doing Something Else instead of a wall. The president said he is happy to shoulder the blame if the government shuts down over Border Security. He may get the opportunity to do that. The president demanding 5 billion for Border Security in the current budget, that money go to hire more ice and custom Border Protection ark gents. Administrative law agents. The bulk would go to building the wall. He allowed cameras to stay in the office with nancy pelosi and schumer last week. Yesterday on the sunday show schumer saying no way, no how is the president going to get his money. Listen hear. We democrats, leader nancy pelosi and i, offered the president two options as to how to avoid the shutdown and we should not let a temper tantrum threat push us in the direction of doing something everybody the republican colleagues knows is wrong. With shutdown looming on friday, the white house is digging in its heels, insisting the president needs money to ensure National Security. Here is mercedes earlier this hour senator schumer had better stop being the grinch when we are facing a shutdown. Find ways to get to the 5 billion for the fiscal barriers along the border, as well as ensure we have resources necessary to secure the border. The president thinks this is political battle, dana, that he can win, tweeting democrats are too happy to give iran 180 billion for the jc pl, they dont want to spend 5 billion on National Security for the United States. With the shutdown looming, though, it is unclear whether or not the president does have the votes in the house to get this passed. Nancy pelosi said last week he doesnt because a lot of the republican members who are retiring likely arent going to come back this week f. They dont, the vote count may get slim. Dana pretty tight. What about the russia investigation . Is it really possible the president could still sit down with mueller . John i dont know if it ever was possible. We know the president in recent days, probably three weeks ago now, gave mueller written answers to questions hes wanted to know since about a year ago. But in terms of a sitdown interview with Robert Mueller, i dont know if that would ever happen. His outside legal team told us Robert Mueller and this agreement they made over written answers wanted to reserve the right to ask the president to sit down for a followup interview and he didnt take off the table the idea of inperson interview on obstruction of justice issues. But Rudy Giuliani told Chris Wallace yesterday after what the president and his legal team have seen the office of special counsel do regarding Michael Flynn, the chances of the president sitting down with Robert Mueller are slim to none and slim just left town. Listen here. Special counsel doesnt want to interview the president . Yeah, good luck. After what they did to flynn, trapped him into perjury and no sentence for him, 14 days for george stephanopoulos, i did better than pap george papadopoulos. The flynn hearing is tomorrow. The judge asked the office of special counsel for documents related to the interview of Michael Flynn. We will see tomorrow morning how all of those documents play into the sentence that Michael Flynn will get. Dont forget, office of special counsel asking for no jail time for flynn. Dana. Dana well be paying attention, john, thank you. Thank you. Dana lots of question after federal judge strikes down obamacare, ruling it is unconstitutional, including coverage of peep welpreexisting conditions. The decision coming koun just hours before the window to sign up for next year closed. We will help explain this. Hey, dana, seems for now, no change whatever people are doing that is right for themselves and their family, that is what should continue to happen. The decision will be appealed and in the meantime, nothing changes, the judges ruling will not take effect. Many g. O. P. Lawmakers, ideas to reserve coverage for preexisting conditions, but they want to respect or rather, you know, basically have that socalled individual mandate, strike that. It is hard to figure out how they will do both things and democrats mulling over legal action. So congressman burrroughs spoke with us and hear is what hes hearing from his constituents. I hear that this system is complex and costly, help with the cost and complexity and nothing that happened in Affordable Care act did anything to help complexity, it made it worse. Dana dick durbin weighing in, as well. This issue is alive. Here he is this weekend. Now this issue is alive and well again. The republicans have no alternative to the Affordable Care exact they have been refusing up to this point, to sit down with us. Bottom line, when congress was republican controlled, there was no alternative that was able to pass. We know of course the dems take over the house in january, so most people im speaking with say listen, whatever steps forward are likely to be legal and not legislative. Dana well keep an eye on everything, the government, i mean, they have a responsibility to the people signed up. They do. The hhs, i wont read the whole statement, part of it, they say nothing will change. Hhs will continue to administer and enforce all aspects of the aca as before and essentially that has to stand until the court makes a final decision. Dana yeah, people have anxiety about healthcare anyway. Yes, big moving needle here. Dana thank you. Fox News Voter Analysis showing 72 of democrats say it is most pressing issue facing the nation, compared to 22 of republican voters. Joining me is editor of halftime report. Spoke with somebody at s that said what we are doing on thursday and friday is how we do our work today, on monday, this ruling didnt make a change in terms of immediate impact. Political ramifications and possibly the policy ones could be big going forward. How do you see it . How many seats did the republican effort to repeal this law cost republicans in 2018 . I dont know. Would Patrick Morrisey beaten ma manchin . The mandate and the market place, those things have to be worked out. That is up to economists. As a political proposition, it is the requirement, regulations, the patients bill of rights concept that includes the fact you have to write policies for people who have preexisting conditions and you cant charge them that much more. In that one case, just West Virginia alone, morrissey, signature to the lawsuit, joe manchin used that effectively against him and said he wants to take away your rights as a patient and consumer. As fok News Analysis showed, for People Living in bright red states, in texas, in kansas, some place like that, it is pretty republicany and people dont like the law, that is probably, this is probably not that catastrophic, but for a lot of republican politicians, this is terrible, now they have to fashion, conceivably dana do something. Have to fashion something, they demonstrated in 2017, that aint so easy. Dana the editorial page writing today president Trumps Administration has done good work revising regulation to reduce healthcare cost and increase access. The risk is the lawsuit will cost republicans to panic politically and strike a deal with democrats that reinforces obamacare. This is liberal trap of thinking, they can use accords to achieve policy goals that need to be won in congress. They must have started their Holiday Party early at the journal editorial page, the idea republicans in congress are going to do anything. The idea that republicans and democrats are going to come together in any way on this until after the matter is adjudicated by the supreme court, known as not soon. We will be in the shank much the 2020 election dana regardless of that, yeah, right talk politics now. Does 2020 become yet another president ial election well be talking about healthcare . It is quite possible under the right set of circumstances that 2020 could turn into a referendum on Donald TrumpsHealthcare Plan and see whatever the trump plan is forward that he puts forward and the democratic nominee put forward become a central touchdown, the core here for the fight in 2020. That was probably going to be the case to some degree, no matter what, if we have the law dangleing and might need a real replacement, it comes down, uncumbent on the incumbent uhhuh to come up with his own plan and see how 2020 could be about healthcare. Dana more immediately, the shutdown, do you think the shutdown happens and do you think it could last a while this time . I dont want to, i do not want to in any way sound i am not softhearted and that i feel bad for federal employees who are furloughed and wont get their money back, this is small shutdown within a small shutdown. This is a rounding error, all just so much malarky, and both sides are doing this instead of their actual job. They hope the presence of this fight over nothing will distract voters from the fact they cant do their jobs. Dana you think we will have a shutdown and figure it out in january . As wise man once said, well see what happens. Dana i love that show, President Trumps show. See what happens. Thank you. You bet. Dana james comey is back on capitol hill for second closeddoor session with lawmakers in less than two weeks. What hes telling them about the russia investigation and the growing questions about that Michael Flynn interview. Plus, Michael Cohen, once known as Donald Trumps fixer, now President Trump calling him Something Else. He says lawmakers look forward to hearing more from trumps onetime personal lawyer. Im hoping that mr. Cohen will come before the congress, where he can tell the American Public exactly what he has been saying to mueller, without interfering with the mueller investigation. 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Chief intelligence correspondent is live on capitol hill with the latest. Catherine. It is pretty smooth up here, latest guidance is sessions may wrap up, if you will, about an hour from now. Its been fluctuating between that and sometime into the early evening. Republicans have a lot of questions, they are interested in this memo that was posted by the f. B. I. On the website. Late friday night, several sessions are redacted. Comey briefed in 2017 about the antitrump dossier, the memo makes specific reference to private entities being who funded the dosz isier, the dnc, republicans want to know why it was so vague, whether it was done on purpose. Here is congressman meadows a short time ago. Congressman we believe everything should be available for the American People to see and make a judgment call for themselves, especially in light of the fact that you can use Ongoing Investigation for almost any justification, not to answer any question and i dont know that is necessarily prudent or appropriate. Democrats have consistently said they feel many of the questions have been asked and answered either through previous interviews or in the public testimony, dana, they say this is an effort by republicans to damage and tarnish the ongoing russia investigation by the special counsel, Robert Mueller. He is hafrpg johnson from earlier today. The republicans will continue to rake james comey over the coals for as long as they can. And it appears to be at the direction of President Trump, so whenever he decides that hes finished with dragging director comey through the mud, then i guess the House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee will call off their inquicision. What makes this transcribed interview different from other witnesses, released transcript publicly within 24 hours and were told to expect todays transcript by early afternoon on tuesday, dana. Dana so that will happen right before or right after the sentencing of Michael Flynn. I wonder if there are any developments where Michael Flynn is concerned . Right. This is almost like sort of perfect storm of elements coming together on tuesday. Youre right, we have the james comey transcript, the former National Security advisor is scheduled to be sentenced that morning in washington, d. C. And then today, before the director began testifying on capitol hill, in the federal court in alexandr alexandria, there is an indictment that alleges there was a conspiracy, agents for a foreign government, in this case, turkey, and made false statements about their businesses overseas. The timing is pretty interesting, coming day before the sentencing because if you look really closely into the plea agreement with Michael Flynn, they make a reference, obtuse, if you will, to the turkish businesses, that is getting fleshed out in the Virginia Court today, dana. We appreciate you keep thanksgiving straight for us, thank you. Youre welcome. Dana reaction from saudi arabia rejecting Senate Resolution blaming the crowned prince for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Plus, i will ask a former prosecutor, day before Michael Flynn is set to be sentenced. I would not be surprised a bit the conviction of flynn is overturned because of the Justice Department and the f. B. I. s misconduct. Ok everyone our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition. For strength and energy whoohoo greattasting ensure. With nine grams of protein and twentysix vitamins and minerals. Ensure. 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